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Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION: From Breakdown to BreakthroughWhy We Need a New Ecological SensibilityMaking the ConnectionsFrom Emotional to Ecological IntelligencePutting the Pieces TogetherBeyond Our Collective Blind SpotBenefitting Academic and Ecological Well-beingThe Five Practices of Emotionally and Socially Engaged EcoliteracySTORIES FROM THE FIELDPART ONE STANDING STRONG ON A COAL MOUNTAIN1 Lessons from a Coal Miner's DaughterTeri Blanton and Wendell Berry, KentuckySidebar: How to Mine a MountainSidebar: Why Can't We Go Out and Play, Daddy?Sidebar: Deconstructing the Meaning of "Cheap"2 Taking a Power TripSpartanburg Day School, South CarolinaSidebar: What's My Connection?Sidebar: The Last MountainSidebar: Wendell Berry's Eight QuestionsPART TWO FROM ANGER TO ACTION IN OIL COUNTRY3 The Heart of the CaribouSarah James, Arctic Village, AlaskaSidebar: Top Ten Oil ProducersSidebar: United States Is Number One in Oil Consumption4 Beyond WhiningKids Rethink New Orleans SchoolsSidebar: The Many Uses of OilSidebar: Where's the Oil?PART THREE SHARED WATER: MOVING BEYOND BOUNDARIES5 Water Wars and PeaceAaron Wolf, Mediator and Oregon State University ProfessorSidebar: Your Number One Use of Water at Home (It's Not What You Think)Sidebar: Ocean Water in a Glass?Sidebar: The Resilience of Water6 From Restoration to ResilienceStudents and Teachers Restore a Watershed, Northern CaliforniaSidebar: The Rise of Dead ZonesSidebar: Freshwater BluesSidebar: The New Face of Water PollutionPART FOUR NOURISHING COMMUNITIES WITH FOOD7 Changing a Food System, One Seed at a TimeLa Semilla Food Center, Anthony, New MexicoSidebar: Test Your "Food IQ"Sidebar: How to Feed Nine Billion8 Forging the Food Justice PathTony Smith, Superintendent of Schools, Oakland, CaliforniaSidebar: The Rise of School Food ReformSidebar: Rethinking School LunchSidebar: The Curriculum ConnectionPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES9 Cultivating Ecoliterate Learning CommunitiesGuidelines for Engaging ColleaguesSidebar: Using Circles to Cultivate Deep ListeningSidebar: Transformation in the Classroom10 Reflection and PracticeConversation Prompts for Getting StartedSidebar: Going on a Virtual DiveSidebar: Professional Development Sample AgendasCONCLUSION: Hands-on HopeEndnotesSourcesIndexAbout the AuthorsAbout the Center for Ecoliteracy.